Still Pregnant! 39 weeks!

'Nuff Said...

We are patiently waiting on God's perfect timing for our sweet little baby! We still feel great! Baby has started waking me up pretty regularly in the middle of the night, but that gives mom great bible study time! I have anxious moments, but overall we just want a healthy baby... no matter when that is!

Another episode of perfect timing? Guess what I found in the baby's room last night? 1 very quick, agile little mouse. Hyperventilate now, just like I did last night,  then make my husband cross his heart and promise that we will exterminate said mouse asap.

38 weeks and holding our breath!

Wow! Can you believe it? I am really emotional today thinking about the past 8.5 months. Where did they go? Wasn’t it just yesterday that I was praying for just ONE of these? Now its almost time to meet my little tiny baby face to face! I love our Creator! I can’t believe this journey!  His plan is so perfect in every way! He is immeasurable to me! I have been blown away time after time after time as I’ve seen God’s blueprint for this baby’s growth revealed and realized how He intended to change ME in the process…. there is no explanation for life other than GOD IS GOOD AND PERFECT.

This update makes me so excited! Ahh! Baby’s daddy is ready RIGHT NOW. No more waiting needed for him… let’s just do this! He is feeling better and is ready right this minute! I am okay with God letting us know when it’s time! We are having braxton hicks contractions finally! We had them all day Monday! We go back to the doctor tomorrow morning so we’ll see how much we’ve progressed since last week! The anticipation is finally getting to me! Do you think Shim is a boy or a girl?! Who is baby going to look like?! Will it have precious dimples like it’s daddy? Will it have big ole eyes like it’s momma?! We’ll know soon enough I guess!! :)

 

Your pregnancy: 38 weeks

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How your baby's growing:

Your baby has really plumped up. She weighs about 6.8 pounds and she's over 19 1/2 inches long (like a leek). She has a firm grasp, which you'll soon be able to test when you hold her hand for the first time! Her organs have matured and are ready for life outside the womb.
Wondering what color your baby's eyes will be? You may not be able to tell right away. If she's born with brown eyes, they'll likely stay brown. If she's born with steel gray or dark blue eyes, they may stay gray or blue or turn green, hazel, or brown by the time she's 9 months old. That's because a child's irises (the colored part of the eye) may gain more pigment in the months after she's born, but they usually won't get "lighter" or more blue. (Green, hazel, and brown eyes have more pigment than gray or blue eyes.)

Clearwater Baby Shower and a bump pic!

My sweet Birmingham girlfriends threw us a baby shower this weekend and to just go ahead and goob it on out.... it was DELIGHTFUL! That is the only word for it! I left that afternoon and was just overwhelmingly delighted! We are so blessed to have such wonderful, beautiful women in our lives! They are all  incredibly encouraging and  mean the world to us. I just loved being in the same room with these women that I hold in such high esteem. They are generous and thoughtful and crafty, and I feel loved around them.I have been on cloud 9 ever since and am eternally grateful to my Lord for the blessings he has given us.... namely 20 women that I would do anything for. Thank you, my wonderful friends!

Here are a few pictures from the soiree. I didn't even get a picture with my hostesses! Or anyone for that matter! I don't know what I was thinking! Check out how adorable the decorations were though! I threw a fit about how cute it was all afternoon!

My amazing friend Katy MADE this diaper cake! Isn't it precious? That's a little cap on top!

And what about THIS?!?! Precious friend Bekah made this tote bag! As in MADE IT.... with a sewing machine and thread! (jaw on floor!) It is reversible and even has different fabric inside the pockets! Yes, I am carrying it today! I could just go on and on and on about how artsy and great these girls are!

 

Adorable.

Big Girl with her table of goodies...

 

We are so thankful that we got lots of these! We have a well stocked diaper closet! Yay! No more nightmares!

Too cute! I can't wait for baby to wear this!

Maybe the softest, sweetest blanket I've ever felt! We loved this!

As you can tell, I am still beaming! I just had a wonderful time and am so excited for this sweet baby to be with us! Thank you, lady friends, for being wonderful people! I adore you all!

Oh, bonus picture... here we are today! Whoot! We are getting huge and I love it! It is just so funny to me! We'll be 37 weeks tomorrow...

 

36 weeks!

Not too much new to post except that we are this big this week! Wowzers.

We are just growing... alot. And momma can't breathe... at all! Baby should be about 18.5 inches long this week and weigh almost 6 pounds! Wow!

Doing great and still plugging along! Momma *says* she is ready when baby is, but that sentiment may change after we are feeding and changing all the time! :) Just kidding! Bring it, kid!!

25 weeks!

I got a good idea for my links up top!  If I can figure out how to do it I'll start posting our recipes and videos and all that good stuff up there!Thanks Stephanie :) (Who Im dying to meet!!)

Before I give baby updates, I wanted to give a big shout out to everyone who has either sent pictures or posted pictures of their kid-o's lately! We LOVED the halloween costumes and i have loved getting to see all my friend's offspring's grow! We are in love with them all long distance! (How many times can I say 'love'?!)

I liked this weeks updates! We're 25 weeks and the WEIGHT of a rutabaga. Maybe that's where I've gotten confused by the sizing... some weeks were the LENGTH of an item but I noticed this week we are the WEIGHT of an item. It's all coming together now!

Rutabaga's are not pretty. I've never seen one before. Baby Lane is much prettier than this Ruta! Downer on my excitement!

Here was my update from this week:

How your baby's growing

Head to heels, your baby now measures about 13 1/2 inches. Her weight — a pound and a half — isn't much more than an average rutabaga, but she's beginning to exchange her long, lean look for some baby fat. As she does, her wrinkled skin will begin to smooth out and she'll start to look more and more like a newborn. She's also growing more hair — and if you could see it, you'd now be able to discern its color and texture.

Yay! Baby fat!! That makes my day! I wonder what color hair baby has?!?! Powers was a toehead so I bet its blond! Anybody recognize this guy?!?!? Sorry the pictures so bad... I had a time with this!

I love this picture! I love you, Pow Pow!

This goodie is for a friend who reads our blog!